Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.

Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. (29 August 1762-13 July 1848) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-NY 3) from 4 March 1811 to 3 March 1813, succeeding Jonathan Fisk and preceding Peter Denoyelles.

Biography
Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. was born in Croton-on-Hudson, New York in 1762, the son of Pierre Van Cortlandt and the brother of Philip Van Cortlandt. He studied law under Alexander Hamilton before becoming a lawyer in Peekskill, Westchester County. He served in the State Assembly in 1792 and from 1794 to 1795, in the US House of Representatives from 1811 to 1813, as President of the Westchester County Bank from 1833 to 1848, and as a Whig presidential elector in 1840. He died in 1848.